Japanese symbol for “restrictive”
制限用法
せいげんようほう
Romaji: seigen'youhou
restrictive (of relative pronoun use)
In Japanese, restrictive is 制限用法, read せいげんようほう (seigen'youhou).
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Meanings
- n restrictive (of relative pronoun use) (ling)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “restrictive”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 限定用法 | げんていようほう genteiyouhou | restrictive (use) |
| 限定的 | げんていてき genteiteki | limited; limiting; restrictive |
| 排他的 | はいたてき haitateki | exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 制度 | せいど seido | system; institution; organization |
| 制限 | せいげん seigen | restriction; restraint; limitation |
| 制作 | せいさく seisaku | work (film, book) |
| 規制 | きせい kisei | regulation; (traffic) policing; control |
| 体制 | たいせい taisei | order; system; structure |
| 強制 | きょうせい kyousei | compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do) |
| 限定 | げんてい gentei | limit; restriction |
| 限り | かぎり kagiri | limit; limits; bounds |
| 使用 | しよう shiyou | use; application; employment |
| 方法 | ほうほう houhou | method; way; manner |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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